Marie

Name: Marie
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1979-12-01
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Marie Osmond, Ellen Travolta, Telma Hopkins

TV Movie
1979
30m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

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Comedy

Marie Osmond stars in this sitcom pilot that aired on December 1, 1979 on ABC. Osmond plays Marie Owens, an aspiring dancer who moves to New York City to pursue her dream of being a Broadway... Read allMarie Osmond stars in this sitcom pilot that aired on December 1, 1979 on ABC. Osmond plays Marie Owens, an aspiring dancer who moves to New York City to pursue her dream of being a Broadway star. She faces a series of comedic and dramatic challenges as a Midwestern transplant li... Read allMarie Osmond stars in this sitcom pilot that aired on December 1, 1979 on ABC. Osmond plays Marie Owens, an aspiring dancer who moves to New York City to pursue her dream of being a Broadway star. She faces a series of comedic and dramatic challenges as a Midwestern transplant living in a big city.

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3/10

I think in hindsight, Marie dodged one here!

Wow....did Marie Osmond luck out when "Marie" was not approved as a weekly series. Instead, it only aired once and I hope no one watched it because it was that bad!

Marie stars as a very naive Midwesterner who has moved to New York City and now lives with kooky roommates. Again and again, Marie gets robbed...mostly because she is too trusting as well as a bit dim.

So why was this such a bad show? Well, the show simply tried TOO hard. It had a louder than usual laughtrack, supporting characters who shouted their lines (as well as being caricatures), Marie occasionally shouting her lines, as well as one who was a nasty racist...not 'cute' like Fred Sanford, George Jefferson or Archie Bunker...just a racist with nasty things to say.

The only reason I don't score it lower is that I actually laughed once. I am not sure why...but it couldn't be 100% bad.